The cotton fabrics produced in Albiate regularly arrived in Argentina, Uruguay, Peru and Brazil. The trademark was a drawing of a goat, a talking symbol that could imprint itself in the memory of customers of Italian origin. The beginning of a story that reaches the present day.
The cotton mill, which made the family’s wealth possible, was built in Ponte Albiate, on the banks of the Lambro river. Water was the indispensable element of the factory, because it was necessary to set the machines in motion and process the fabrics.
The land of Albiate, in Brianza, was indeed the mother of their fortunes because it was there, at the beginning of the 19th century, that they began to develop the textile business that would later lead to the foundation of Giuseppe Caprotti’s Ditta Bernardo Caprotti in 1840.
The pictures were taken in Rome, Milan, Florence and Albiate
Your book, Giuseppe Maria Giorgio Caprotti, is wonderful; it has really opened my eyes to the history of modern distribution. Thank you
Highly topical issues covered in a detailed, compelling and engaging manner. It could provide plenty of inspiration for the big…
I will always remember you. Those two years on your team gave me the strength to look to the future. I’ve just finished reading your book. It was very moving. Thank you for the professional training you gave me, and thank you for the new energy you’ve instilled in me after reading it.
Dr Giuseppe (that’s what we always called him at the company) was, for us newcomers, a guiding light and a role model. I would like to highlight the professional, personal and moral depth of the man who embodied the future. A motivator, a natural mentor to whom, following the publication of his book, I feel even more attached
In my view, the difference between journalism, political non-fiction and history lies in the research, which, in the case of history, is much more in-depth and is based, first and foremost, on the study of documents and archives. But the added value of this book also lies in the contributions from people who worked for or were close to Esselunga, a company with a much broader entrepreneurial spirit than one might think
Good evening, Dr Caprotti, I have just finished reading your book *Le Ossa dei Caprotti* with a voracity I haven’t…
Book read with feelings that oscillated between amazement and anger but nevertheless I am not surprised. I enjoyed it very…
On the emotional wave of the end of the book, I only feel a strong empathy for the author, who…
